In this moment, if our inner or outer life is not or has not been turned upside down, we are sleepwalking. We are just imitating some lame spiritual practice that is keeping our status quo. Self-hypnosis and denial can and do take many forms including spirituality. In matters of Self, culture is not our friend. →

We are a culture of addicts, and addiction comes in many forms. It’s not just about being powerless over certain substances or behaviors: addiction also masquerades as an obsession with one’s self and a disconnection with the world at large. This is our identification with the small “s” self, the ego shell that never feels →

Here is a piece originally titled “Remember Your Self” but renamed – without my involvement – by the editors of Huffington Post. We are living in such artificial times that simple and profound truths like Self have no pull and hence the cheesy re-title in an attempt to get attention. Not to mention the unfortunate →

Path of Glory – A Conversation with Abdi Assadi This week I spoke with Abdi Assadi, author of The Shadow on the Path about his book and his approach to healing. Let’s just say he’s not your baby boomer mother’s spiritual healer. JD: In your book, Shadows on the Path, you make the case that →

An Interview by Wolf Schneider for Munich’s Connection Spirit Magazine, June 2011 There can only be spiritual progress, if we confront our shadow, that part of the Soul which our ego does not want to see and acknowledge. This applies to nations as well as individuals. Iranian-born Abdi Assadi is a ruthless “exposer” of the →

Abdi is leading a weekend workshop at the Rhinebeck, NY campus of The Omega Institute August 12-14, 2011. The title of this workshop is Shadows on the Path: Hiding and Seeking on the Spiritual Journey. For more information and to register, please visit the Omega Institute website for details by following this link: Abdi Assadi →

The following is the full video of the Abdi Assadi Wellness Wednesday event held March 30th, 2011 in The Wellness Cafe at Norma Kamali. The title of the event program was, An Evening with Abdi Assadi, “Insight into Your Intuitive Nature…How to Recognize It, and How to Use It” If you have trouble seeing the →

DR: There is a lot of talking about Light work these days. In your understanding it seems so be much more about shadow work – or rather: the places we need to shine light on the most are our own shadows. After a period of positive thinking and manifestation cult, this understanding seems to become →

This workshop installment was recorded on Sunday, August 8, 2010 at The Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, NY. It is the fifth part of a workshop titled Hiding and Seeking On The Spiritual Path This is from the third day (Day 3 (Last Part), 2:29:28 running time, 136 MB) of the three-day workshop. In email or →

An interview on the nature of intuition with Jason Wachob of mindbodygreen.com http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-2224/What-You-Need-to-Know-About-Intuition-Q-A-with-Abdi-Assadi.html